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Sunday, 8 March 2026
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the UK Edition

 
 
 
Middle East war live: Trump hits out at Starmer over UK reluctance to support Iran attacks
 
Comments come as London considers deploying aircraft carrier to the region
 
 
US faced with few good options to tamp down surging oil prices
 
Experts say reopening Strait of Hormuz remains most viable option as ideas such as influencing futures market fade
 
 
Trump’s war on Iran is spreading. Where does it stop?
 
US allies in the Arab world have been plunged into a conflict they neither wanted nor consented to. Historian Eugene Rogan on what it means for the Middle East
 
 
In the centre of the storm: what does the Iran war mean for Dubai?
 
Test comes for city that sold itself as metropolis of peace and stability as UAE’s ambitions threatened
 
 
Is the nightmare scenario for global energy here?
 
The Iran crisis is unfolding in a world in which oil and gas supplies are more diversified than in previous decades
 
 
 

Top Headlines from the International Editions

 
 
 
Donald Trump calls for more US military action in Latin America
 
President announces Shield of the Americas coalition of regional allies that excludes Brazil, Colombia and Mexico
 
 
Water, Japanese paper and a vacuum cleaner — the secrets of restoring Michelangelo’s Last Judgment
 
As the Sistine Chapel masterpiece is given a facelift, new aspects of the painter’s genius are coming to light
 
 
Marinelli: my 15-year quest to ski the biggest face in the Alps
 
The FT’s travel editor on falling down a rabbit hole of obsession with the ‘most difficult, most beautiful’ descent in Europe
 
 
It’s time for wine lovers to get over ‘Zinfandel cringe’
 
You’d be hard-pushed to find better-value old vine wine
 
 
Ships in Gulf declare themselves Chinese to dodge attack
 
At least 10 vessels have changed transponder messages in apparent attempt to avoid becoming targets
 
 
 

Markets

 
 
 
A week of war in charts: the impact on the US
 
The conflict with Iran is unpopular with the American public and is roiling markets and the economy
 
 
Chart of the Week: Europe’s extra energy tax
 
A weaker euro deepens the pain from higher oil prices
 
 
Can Crispin Odey convince a judge he was the victim of a regulatory crusade?
 
Financier is appealing UK watchdog’s decision to ban and fine him in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations
 
 
Allowing 401ks to invest in private markets is a bad move at a bad time
 
The move might help asset managers but hurt savers and the economy more broadly
 
 
Amid European energy fears, coal creeps back into favour
 
A protracted conflict in the Middle East would dent expectations that global coal consumption will start to fall
 
 
 

Companies

 
 
 
First Brands creditors reckon with dwindling chance of repayment
 
Upcoming asset sales are expected to yield as little as $200mn to pay off debt pile of more than $12bn
 
 
Price is now the main ingredient in the office-lunch slop bowl
 
Many chains have raised prices to absorb rising costs — which works as long as customer loyalty, or indifference, endures
 
 
Palmer Luckey’s $1bn pitch to reboot 1990s video game consoles
 
From AI weapons to Game Boys, defence tech billionaire is in talks to raise funds for new gaming venture ModRetro
 
 
UK lenders raise mortgage rates amid warnings over inflation and energy prices
 
Market mood ‘has completely changed’ following outbreak of Middle East war
 
 
How mackerel became Schrödinger’s fish
 
We sure as hell aren’t buying that much in Waitrose
 
 
 

Opinion

 
 
 
The war of unintended consequences
 
Israel and the US have achieved many military aims in Iran, but the unpredictable fallout poses threats to everyone
 
 
We’ll always have Dubai
 
Why the newly endangered city will endure
 
 
Britain is now the home of the Middle Man
 
Rules don’t even have to be effective to provide gainful employment for advisers
 
 
America rethinks how to train its workforce
 
A ‘skills gap’ is not some blight on free enterprise that someone else will fix
 
 
Are attention spans really shrinking?
 
Bear with me for 47 seconds — here’s why our fizzing brains still have the ability to focus
 
 
 

Work & Careers

 
 
 
Papier founder: ‘I don’t own stocks or shares — it’s too much risk’
 
Taymoor Atighetchi on how he picked a sector ripe for disruption
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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